Should CJ Stroud Have Been Benched Against the Patriots?

Key Highlights

• Despite all of that, Houston entered halftime only down 11 points and still very much alive in the game, so many spectators both at home and on ESPN’s halftime show saw that break as the opportunity to move away from Stroud and towards Mills:Ultimately, Texans head coach DeMeco Ryans elected to stay with Stroud in the second half, where he would perform moderately better, but not well enough to give Houston a chance at a comeback in the fourth quarter. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementRyans was asked about his decision at the postgame press conference to keep Stroud in, stating,“CJ [Stroud] is our guy.
• I believe…he can comeback out in the second half, and flip it.
• I believe that he can play better, and he did that in the second half, he did play better.
• We had some positive drives there in the second half…as I always tell our guys at halftime, it really-it doesn’t matter what happened in the first half.
• We have to flush it, remove it, and you just have to go out and finish the right way.